A/H5N1 avian flu spotted in Bac Ninh

The information was revealed by Nguyen Nhan Lung, Head of the provincial Department of Animal Health on March 10. The province has promptly taken measures to hinder the spread of the disease.

The provincial People’s Committee has suspended sales, transports and slaughtering of fowls at the disease-affected communes while promoting updating disease situation to help locals proactively take preventive measures against the avian flu. 

The People’s Committee of Bac Ninh city has announced an A/H5N1 avian flu outbreak in Huu Chap hamlet, Hoa Long commune since March 6, 2017. The area with possibility of disease spread includes the communes of Viem Xa, Dau Han and Xuan Ai while the buffer zone consists of Van An, Kinh Bac and Vu Ninh communes.

The city has directed authorised agencies to check up entire fowls in Hoa Long commune and vaccinate ones that have yet to be vaccinated. The agencies have been asked to disinfect households and communes where the disease was found while intensifying monitoring animals’ health at livestock farms for timely reaction.

Previously, on March 6, as many as 6,100 sick and dead fowls were spotted at farms of locals in Huy Chap hamlet, Hoa Long commune. The samples were tested to be positive to the A/H5N1 avian flu virus. The virus-infected fowls were culled on March 7.